I have it. It's my first time with COVID, or at least my first symptomatic infection. It's really sad not to be able to say that the pandemic is "over" (though

I have it. It's my first time with COVID, or at least my first symptomatic infection. It's really sad not to be able to say that the pandemic is "over" (though strictly speaking I guess this is called "endemic COVID" even if tons of people are getting it). Just one day before testing positive, I used the classic phrase "during the pandemic" to talk about the past... :-) On the bright side, my neighbor who's an ICU nurse said that he hasn't seen any ICU admissions attributable to this strain so far, so it apparently also continues to be much less serious than classic COVID, at least given the number of people who are partly immune from vaccines and/or prior infections. (His ICU had lots of admissions from classic COVID, and I believe some of his patients died of it.)